Pilosella aurantiaca (L.) F. Schultz & Schultz Bip.
Detail
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Botanical Name
- Pilosella aurantiaca (L.) F. Schultz & Schultz Bip.
- Common Name
- Orange Hawkweed, Orange King-devil
- Synonym(s)
- Hieracium aurantiacum L.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Pilosella aurantiaca (L.) F. Schultz & Schultz ‘Bipontinus’
- Comments
- The orange-red flowering heads are striking and diagnostic. This species has been traditionally treated as Hieracium aurantiacum but has been reassigned to the segregate genus Pilosella based on molecular, morphological, and biological evidence; see Flora of the Southeastern U.S. (Weakley et al. 2023) for more details.
- Habitat
- Pastures, clearings, and roadsides, mostly at higher elevations. Rare, mountains and n. Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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